Bamako, Mali: A teenaged girl received 60 lashes in Timbuktu after Islamist extremists convicted her of speaking to men on the street.

New Delhi: Commuters may face difficulty today in Delhi as a number of auto-rickshaw and taxi operators' unions will go on a strike demanding a hike in fares. The unions have not heeded to an assurance by the Delhi government on Monday that a decision on the issue will be taken within 15 days.

Chandigarh: IAS officer Ashok Khemka was transferred three days after he ordered a probe into all land dealings of Robert Vadra and DLF. Dr Khemka, as the Inspector General of Registration in Haryana, in an order dated October 12, 2012, had asked the deputy commissioners-cum-registrars of the four districts of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Palwal and Mewat to inspect all documents registered from January 1, 2005 till date on behalf of Mr Vadra or his companies.

CHANDIGARH: A khap panchayat in Haryana's Jind district has blamed consumption of chowmein behind the growing incidents of rapes in the state saying it leads to hormonal imbalance.

New Delhi: Former Team Anna member Kiran Bedi has slammed the Haryana government over the transfer of senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka as the DG Haryana Seed Development Corporation three days after he ordered an investigation into the land deals between Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and construction major DLF on October 8.

Noted Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali's house in Lahore was robbed of gold ornaments and cash worth Rs 7, 00,000, a media report said Tuesday.

Japanese military officials said they were keeping a close eye on seven Chinese warships spotted in waters off a southern island Tuesday. It was unclear whether the ship movements were related to a territorial dispute that has prompted both countries to show off their maritime muscles.

Roswell, New Mexico: A man fell to Earth from more than 24 miles high Sunday, becoming the first human to break the sound barrier under his own power - with some help from gravity.

KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee has given the Congress-led UPA government "between two and six months" and wants the Trinamool Congress to become the nucleus of an anti-Congress front which, she thinks, will decimate the Grand Old Party in the next general elections.

LUCKNOW: Smart work by two college girls led two UP policemen in a soup. The two girls laid a trap to teach a lesson to these two policemen who have been making lewd calls and exerting pressure on them for a physical relationship.